Stanley Ho with his wife Lucina in 1987. Photo: SCMP
Opinion
Opinion
Reflections
by Wee Kek Koon
How men could be married to four wives at once and make it work - Stanley Ho did
Taking concubines was common in China, Hong Kong and Singapore until the mid-20th century. The children of principal and minor wives had a different status
By convention a concubine’s son only could be promoted to the top rank if the principal wife had no sons, but men bent the rules for the wife they loved most